PEOPLE v. CLARK

2016-00770. Ind. No. 2159/12.

194 A.D.3d 948 (2021)

2021 NY Slip Op 03192

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hakeem Clark, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Sean H. Murray of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( John M. Castellano , Johnnette Traill , Ellen C. Abbot , Brooke E. Barnes , and Katherine A. Triffon of counsel), for respondent.

Austin, J.P., Miller, LaSalle and Barros, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant allegedly acted in concert with his codefendant to kidnap the complainant. Numerous ransom calls were made to the complainant's friends, one of whom informed the police that he recognized the voice of one of the callers as belonging to the defendant. The calls were traced to a two-family house owned by the defendant's cousin, a New York City Police Department (hereinafter NYPD) detective. The defendant resided with...

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